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Farewell Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights, the popular Kissimmee dinner show with performing horses and a royal story line, closed at the end of 2014 after entertaining families for 25 years.

Over the years, the attraction, which opened in 1988, has presented 10,000 performances for 10 million visitors. The final performance was held on New Year's Eve, 2014.

Set in a horseshoe-shaped arena with a dirt floor, the Arabian Nights show used to spotlight Al-Marah Arabian horses with acrobatic riders. Customers, who paid $66.99 for general admission, eat dinner in stands surrounding the action. The show was freshened with new acts and narrative during the summer and dubbed “The Royal Celebration,” a story about a romantic merger of two Bedouin kingdoms.

I attended the show twice during it's run, once in 2002 and again in 2013; I always found the show to be visually stunning though the food was perhaps a little lacking.

Below are some images taken toward the end of Arabian Night's run. Even though the 'Yeehaw, America is the greatest' was laid on a little thick, it was terrific way to spend an evening.